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Topic: The Idiot Box: TV Season 2012/2013 (Read 27295 times)

As for the second episode of Revolution, I'm also liking Esposito more and more. Just the right level of creepy. The main girl, on the other hand, just isn't working for me. I hope she gets better, but at the moment it's just too much 'stare blankly past the camera'.

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"Dickhead books?" -Patrick Kapera wrestling with the New Zealand accent

Yeah, it's like "Who hoo! Eyes over here! Ok, good. Now the rest of you ... " Although the flashback stuff with Tim Guinan and Elizabeth Mitchell are good, they would be better if I cared more about the heroine.

She's a model, so I'm not honestly expecting much. With luck she'll get better.

The Pond exit is... adequate. The Angel ideas that Moffat plays with are interesting but aren't carried across the finish line in my opinion, and while the circumstances surrounding the characters' departure work out well enough (even with the various meta misdirects and deflections), it doesn't feel to me like they really closed out that arc either. Maybe I was expecting a little too much closure. Still mulling.

I'm a little surprised that she's potentially returning despite Amy and Rory's exit. She precedes them, of course, but she's become so intricately connected to them that it's going to take a wee bit to process her presence without them.

Looking forward to the new companion though! I love what we've seen so far.

I actually thought it was quite fitting and that it did give closure to Amy and Rory as companions for the Doctor. Did it give closure for him? Probably not. Amy and Rory knew that their time with the Doctor was coming to a close and they were ready to <ahem> make that leap. I don't think the Doctor would ever be ready to leave them 100 percent behind.

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Work done by an officer's doppleganger in a parallel universe cannot be claimed as overtime.

I actually thought it was quite fitting and that it did give closure to Amy and Rory as companions for the Doctor. Did it give closure for him? Probably not. Amy and Rory knew that their time with the Doctor was coming to a close and they were ready to <ahem> make that leap. I don't think the Doctor would ever be ready to leave them 100 percent behind.

I rather like that about this arc. The promo shots and supporting blurbs from Cardiff speak of the Doctor not immediately moving on, and it rather dramatically impacting his wardrobe, if nothing else. Moffat has supported all this in interviews, saying that the Ponds' exit will be felt for some time, and that the new story is as much about losing friends as anything else. This works for me, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it all shakes out.

Oh, I do so very much like the new season of Person of Interest. The way the writers handled the secret origin of Root, and their building the Machine up as a distinct character, are particularly well done.

Yeah, this has gone from must see to owie in the span of just one preview. Well, that and all the scuttlebutt about the showrunners not seeing eye to eye with regard to tone and content. Shame. This seemed to have real promise.